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he is convinced the law would encourage the creation of more start-ups. >> i think it will unleash a new way of entrepreneurship across the nation. >> reporter: case was on president obama's jobs council and was a major supporter of the jobs act. >> the jobs act will help provide more entrepreneurs in more places and in more sectors of our economy the ability to raise the capital, to get started or to grow their company. >> reporter: arturo says this new law could help him raise money. >> it will allow us to focus on growth much faster and not have to deal with the standard angel funding ventures we would have to go on. >> reporter: is this also going to create more jobs? >> absolutely. if we want to get our economic growth up, the place to start is start-ups. to make sure we're competitive, the focus is start-ups. >> reporter: according to the bureau of labor statistics, each year since 1994, start-ups gained more of all u.s. businesses. to upgrade the law so anyone can raise money over the internet, entrepreneurs will have more access to capital and will, in turn, create more jobs.
he is convinced the law would encourage the creation of more start-ups. >> i think it will unleash a new way of entrepreneurship across the nation. >> reporter: case was on president obama's jobs council and was a major supporter of the jobs act. >> the jobs act will help provide more entrepreneurs in more places and in more sectors of our economy the ability to raise the capital, to get started or to grow their company. >> reporter: arturo says this new law could help...
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. >> was the expansion as controversial as this health care law? i mean, was there as much of a struggle to pass the law in as much controversy after it passed? >> it's really been questioned. there was controversy and it was partisan. the republicans wanted to expand the drugs but they wanted -- the drug coverage, but they wanted to do it in a more what they saw as a free market way and democrats thought it was a pro business way and they thought about this. in fact, the night the house passed the plan, the house leadership republicans kept the vote open for hours trying to twist some arms and get the final few votes. there was an interesting moment, the president was over in europe and back to the white house and wake him up to talk to a few conservatives on a phone sitting in the cloakroom and got on speaker phone and one of the conservatives, a young, roughly junior republican says i want you to promise -- i'll give you my vote if you promise to put pro-life conservative on the supreme court. bush is like well, you know, let me tell you about m
. >> was the expansion as controversial as this health care law? i mean, was there as much of a struggle to pass the law in as much controversy after it passed? >> it's really been questioned. there was controversy and it was partisan. the republicans wanted to expand the drugs but they wanted -- the drug coverage, but they wanted to do it in a more what they saw as a free market way and democrats thought it was a pro business way and they thought about this. in fact, the night the...
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but still, no laws -- apologies from the state. and given survivors back one precious memory at a time. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also of around the globe. in molly tonight, soldiers from france and chad have entered the last stronghold of the rebels in the country as they gradually hand over control of the country, some fear the rebels will return. here is a report from the liberated city of timbuktu. >> beyond remote, isolated villages outside timbuktu. the fight across the river here a few days ago, rushing into the sara to escape the french military. people are trickling back toward timbuktu. one person had for months in the countryside. >> i heard the french had come, and now we feel safe. but i want them to say -- stay. the local chief has just been informed that most of the soldiers here will be gone in the next few days. >> we know some of the rebels are staying nearby. if the french leave, they could come back. yes, we are scared. >> the french are pulling out of areas like this in order to
but still, no laws -- apologies from the state. and given survivors back one precious memory at a time. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also of around the globe. in molly tonight, soldiers from france and chad have entered the last stronghold of the rebels in the country as they gradually hand over control of the country, some fear the rebels will return. here is a report from the liberated city of timbuktu. >> beyond remote, isolated villages outside timbuktu....
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and i want to say that the people really have never demanded anything beyond what the law designates. nothing over and above what is rightfully their. therefore the nuclear issue has become a symbol of development of sorts in iran. the modern know-how required to go hand in happened with this technology is a symbol for the iranian people. hand in hand we must move forward to ensure that the international is enforce and once we are abide by that i think everything's settled. >> rose: we talked with manuel barossa. >> because the economic situation seems to improve there's the risk of complacency. there's the risk of some governments say okay, we don't need to go on with reform, that's serious complacency. complacency nationally, we don't need to make all of those reforms. they're not so popular and you may lose votes, that's a risk or risks at your level. after all why should we put together our competencies, why give you the central bank or give your commission more powers, that's a risk. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie ro
and i want to say that the people really have never demanded anything beyond what the law designates. nothing over and above what is rightfully their. therefore the nuclear issue has become a symbol of development of sorts in iran. the modern know-how required to go hand in happened with this technology is a symbol for the iranian people. hand in hand we must move forward to ensure that the international is enforce and once we are abide by that i think everything's settled. >> rose: we...
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would be westrategy need to be elected in the senate and congress and then do away with this law. i think that is where republicans are hoping to shift this debate. not have an audience for his display tomorrow, but this is not the only place the snarling and bearing of teeth will be until somebody blinks and slinks away defeated. bbc news, washington. serious, ite not so would actually be funny. for more on this standoff, i spoke to a representative from oklahoma and asked about what the big issue was about shutting the government over. is allink the big issue government funding runs out on september 30. do we extend that for a period of days while we have a larger budget deal, and then the sequester with the mandatory spending cuts. i think we should. in the meantime, we would like to make some relatively modest changes in the president's health care proposal, again, one that only applies to members of congress and staff and senior executive appointees to not give them a special subsidy that no other american gets who is on the exchange, and second, while we are letting off the
would be westrategy need to be elected in the senate and congress and then do away with this law. i think that is where republicans are hoping to shift this debate. not have an audience for his display tomorrow, but this is not the only place the snarling and bearing of teeth will be until somebody blinks and slinks away defeated. bbc news, washington. serious, ite not so would actually be funny. for more on this standoff, i spoke to a representative from oklahoma and asked about what the big...
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he says for many former inmates, it is a daily challenge just to stay on the right side of the law. >> the main thing is when you come out of prison, you want to make some type of money and get back on your feet. but the bronx is very hard, there are not many opportunities. they go back to doing the things they did that got them in prison or worse. >> here on rikers island, new york's main jail complex, the osborne association is already working with the department of corrections to prepare young offenders for their eventual return to the community. classes like these try to equip lifemate -- inmates with life skills needed to function on the outside and address relentlessly high rates of recidivism. >> i am enthusiastic about the internship. if i could have a job, i would not have to go stealing or robbing. >> we do not want them to come back. we do not want them to grow up in the system. we do not want to see you as an adult. we want this to be a benchmark in your life. back in the south bronx, jonathan harris is working towards becoming a carpenter's apprentice. he says many of the
he says for many former inmates, it is a daily challenge just to stay on the right side of the law. >> the main thing is when you come out of prison, you want to make some type of money and get back on your feet. but the bronx is very hard, there are not many opportunities. they go back to doing the things they did that got them in prison or worse. >> here on rikers island, new york's main jail complex, the osborne association is already working with the department of corrections to...
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people are not signing up and republicans are doing what they can to weaken the law. maybe he should take a trip to kentucky. the southern state has become a symbol of success in the rollout of obamacare. mark mardell has been to investigate what is going on. >> kentucky is a land of contrasts, from the beauty of of racehorses to the poverty the rural landscape. it is the worst of the 50 states in cancer, not far from heart disease and premature death. it is the sort of place where obamacare is meant to make a difference. this person hopes it does because she has had some bad news. the cancer is back. >> it is in my bone marrow. i have to stay focused. i have a daughter, you know. >> if you do get greater cover, how much difference will it make? >> a big difference. it might take a load off of me. obama has done something great. you know, for the united states. isple complain that nobody going to be totally satisfied. >> after a month of asking, nobody can tell her what it will mean for her. that is critical. obamacare is the biggest, most important thing the presiden
people are not signing up and republicans are doing what they can to weaken the law. maybe he should take a trip to kentucky. the southern state has become a symbol of success in the rollout of obamacare. mark mardell has been to investigate what is going on. >> kentucky is a land of contrasts, from the beauty of of racehorses to the poverty the rural landscape. it is the worst of the 50 states in cancer, not far from heart disease and premature death. it is the sort of place where...
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we have had many laws of unintended consequences and the middle east. think of the effort to get the soviets out of afghanistan and what it led to. this is a characteristic of the region, not a characteristic of bad politics. it was good to get rid of gaddafi and the soviets. from the pakistan border to the atlantic ocean, you will have something like this, get ready for it and deal with it. >> are they the same ideologically as al qaeda in iraq? >> there are experts that can talk about that. by and large what they represent is extreme for the political islamic theological movements including using violence with anybody that disagree with them. that is what is in common for all of these organizations. calling them al qaeda is loose association. a few years earlier, they invited the city terrorists in iraq to join them as well. so you get these offshoots that are only loosely connected organizations. but they do have a similar theological and political agenda. >> how much of a threat do they represent to americans here? >> of algeria is an important ener
we have had many laws of unintended consequences and the middle east. think of the effort to get the soviets out of afghanistan and what it led to. this is a characteristic of the region, not a characteristic of bad politics. it was good to get rid of gaddafi and the soviets. from the pakistan border to the atlantic ocean, you will have something like this, get ready for it and deal with it. >> are they the same ideologically as al qaeda in iraq? >> there are experts that can talk...
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thirdly, it is to tell the fbi that they cannot just be concerned about criminal justice and law enforcement. they have to prioritize national security. fourth, they have to be proactive in disrupting plots. fifth, we need new technology. we are seeing cameras and local communities, sensors. we will probably seek a fierce debate in the united states about commercial drones and how active those can be, and trying to make sure civil liberties and protections for our civil liberties and civil rights are set up so that we can use them or may not be able to use them. >> that, of course, is always a balance. what is the time frame you are looking at now? >> 50 forensics is under way. the search for seized -- the forensics is under way. the search for cc tv is under way. it could take a long, long time, especially if someone has made it out of the country or has been very careful in how they have done this. it is very open-ended and very difficult to predict. >> and no one has claimed responsibility. i'm afraid i will have to leave it there. thank you for coming in. there will be more than 30 marat
thirdly, it is to tell the fbi that they cannot just be concerned about criminal justice and law enforcement. they have to prioritize national security. fourth, they have to be proactive in disrupting plots. fifth, we need new technology. we are seeing cameras and local communities, sensors. we will probably seek a fierce debate in the united states about commercial drones and how active those can be, and trying to make sure civil liberties and protections for our civil liberties and civil...
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intelligence agencies broke the law. and mr. snowden is looking at how he might move from russia to germany. you can imagine traveling to germany, provided there is a guarantee he could stay here for another country -- or another country and be safe there. that means legally speaking, safe passage followed by asylum. visa to stay in russia expires next june. if it is not extended, the fugitive has a problem. if he leaves russia, the visa becomes invalid and he cannot return. in berlin, the american ambassador to germany has been saying that his embassy is not a nest of espionage, as some german media have labeled it. >> what we have on our rooftop bar some electronic equipment. we like you, like the rooftop of this building i am in, or in the communication business. we communicate with other embassies around the world. we communicate back in washington. we have satellite dishes. we receive telecommunications and other kinds of key medications. and so i would not get too excited about these articles that there is all sorts of ele
intelligence agencies broke the law. and mr. snowden is looking at how he might move from russia to germany. you can imagine traveling to germany, provided there is a guarantee he could stay here for another country -- or another country and be safe there. that means legally speaking, safe passage followed by asylum. visa to stay in russia expires next june. if it is not extended, the fugitive has a problem. if he leaves russia, the visa becomes invalid and he cannot return. in berlin, the...
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there is law. there is british law. there is american law. it's there, and it wasn't enforced in britain. >> rose: piers morgan for the hour next. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: piers morgan is here. he is the host of "piers morgan tonight." it is the two-year anniversary of the show's launch. he has interviewed, a colorfulivate of the guests. they range from paris hilton to the calledy lma. earlier in his career he headline the "sun" and "daily mirror. he is bringing his appetite for controversy to america. i am pleased to have him on this program. welcome. époood to see you. >> good to see you, charlie. >> rose: i want to just go to gun control because you waded into this battle. was there a particular thing that set you off, other than the tragedy of 20 innocent children? >> yeah. it was actually-- it was earlier than that. when i began at cnn in january 2010, it was a week after gabby giffords had been shot. and i was completely shocked, not just by what happe
there is law. there is british law. there is american law. it's there, and it wasn't enforced in britain. >> rose: piers morgan for the hour next. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: piers morgan is here. he is the host of "piers morgan tonight." it is the two-year anniversary of the show's launch. he has interviewed, a colorfulivate of the guests. they range from paris hilton to the calledy lma....
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law to change. that limits the extent the u.s. could move it in terms of the change in the relationship. >> that will be an interesting speech on sunday. i am sure you will be watching. there is something else interesting happening on sunday. it is time for that quest for oscar gold. against all odds, a short films from afghanistan has been nominated for academy award. the film is part of the new initiative to help get filmmaking off the ground and that country. the two boys who starred in the film and their long journey to hollywood for the ceremony. >> still looks like a war movie, but it is a story about hopes, it trains, and destiny -- dreams, and destiny. for these two boys, a very different backgrounds. the 14-year-old plays the leading role. years, he worked here on chicken street. just like the other kids. he has not abandoned his friends. >> ben-ami like an actor. -- they know me like an actor. >> the film was shot at key kabul landmarks. >> he embodies the spirit of the afghanistan in a way that no one else does. he is a
law to change. that limits the extent the u.s. could move it in terms of the change in the relationship. >> that will be an interesting speech on sunday. i am sure you will be watching. there is something else interesting happening on sunday. it is time for that quest for oscar gold. against all odds, a short films from afghanistan has been nominated for academy award. the film is part of the new initiative to help get filmmaking off the ground and that country. the two boys who starred...
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i do not think it is a conservative position to be against enforcing laws on wall street. i think you ought to be as tough on wall street as you are on main street. if we pass the assault weapons ban, i would make an exception and allow her to carry one. [laughter] >> that is still a big if at this point? >> it is. we pass financial reform in the house and senate, but it has to be implemented by the sec. it still is not fully implemented by any means. that is a difficult and tricky thing to do. >> a whatever is written about the obama administration, its prosecution of the malefactors of great wealth on wall street has certainly not a certification -- sterling chapter. that is yet to be written. i charged mr. cordray and mary responsibility of writing that. >> thanks. you get the last word. its auto insurance customers for over 70 years. more information on auto insurance at geico.com or 1-800-947-auto any time of the day or night.
i do not think it is a conservative position to be against enforcing laws on wall street. i think you ought to be as tough on wall street as you are on main street. if we pass the assault weapons ban, i would make an exception and allow her to carry one. [laughter] >> that is still a big if at this point? >> it is. we pass financial reform in the house and senate, but it has to be implemented by the sec. it still is not fully implemented by any means. that is a difficult and tricky...
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benefits lawyer juliana reno has been advising firms on the law. >> it's different than, say, a law firm, which traditionally has offered coverage for its employees, but it doesn't have to suddenly cover or pay the penalty for a whole group of employees that it had not previously helped. >> reporter: omaha's cutchall employs 1,400 people at his 50 restaurants, mostly franchises like sonic drive-ins, domino's, famous dave's, and twin peaks. >> we have employees that work 40 hours one week and ten hours the next week, and then go away for two weeks. executing it and monitoring it is going to be a nightmare. >> okay, fish tacos? >> reporter: right now, cutchall only offers health insurance to full-timers who've worked at the company at least a year and work more than 32 hours per week. under obamacare, he'll have to offer benefits to anyone working more than 30 hours a week. >> if all of those people wanted insurance, yeah, it would be a major financial burden on our company even if they paid half. >> reporter: an unbearable burden, argued jamie richardson of burger chain white castle at a
benefits lawyer juliana reno has been advising firms on the law. >> it's different than, say, a law firm, which traditionally has offered coverage for its employees, but it doesn't have to suddenly cover or pay the penalty for a whole group of employees that it had not previously helped. >> reporter: omaha's cutchall employs 1,400 people at his 50 restaurants, mostly franchises like sonic drive-ins, domino's, famous dave's, and twin peaks. >> we have employees that work 40...
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that laws and rules limit what can be done. if the democracy is corrupted itself by that capitalist excess, then the first thing you've got to do is get big money out of politics. >> announcer: funding is provided by -- carnegie corporation of new york, celebrating 100 years of philanthropy, and committed to doing real and permanent good in the world. the kohlberg foundation. independent production fund, with support from the partridge foundation, a john and polly guth charitable fund. the clements foundation. park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the herb alpert foundation, supporting organizations whose mission is to promote compassion and creativity in our society. the bernard and audre rapoport foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org. anne gumowitz. the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mut
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matthew waxman is a professor of law at columbia law school and a fellow at the council on foreign relations. and hina shamsi is director of the american civil liberties union's national security project. hina shamsi, has you look at this white paper today did it tell you something you did not know or that maybe you snerd. >> well, the argument in the white paper is quite familiar in many ways to speeches that senior administration officials have given. but i think there are two aspects that are particularly problematic and deeply chilling and everyone should read this white paper. someone what it says or summarizes about the substantive legal standards that the government is apparently applying. it starts out claiming that there are limits, for example, imminent threats, as you quoted in your introduction. as you keep reading as it turns out for a high-level official to determine that a threat is imminent he or she doesn't need clear evidence, there doesn't need to be a specific plot and there doesn't need to be any indication that the person is near or on a battlefield. so what you have is
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and your mother-in-law? how do you all fit? it is very small. it is a tighte squeeze. they have got mats on the floor. >> i want to know what jobs you want to do when you grow up. an airplane? what about you? engineered? a very good. what about you? teacher. you want to become a teacher as well. once upon a time, these would have been dismissed as impossible dreams. though there is a long way to go, there is a growing belief that in a -- in an increasingly prosperous india, anything is possible. >> you are watching "bbc world news america." a look back on a political marriage that the stranger than fiction. the relationship between two top u.s. presidents, richard nixon and dwight eisenhower. here in the u.s., there has been a fierce debate over taxing sugary sodas and junk food. we are not alone. james has more on the fight in britain. >> and britons are getting better -- and bigger. more than one of four adults are obese and fatty foods and drinks are a reason why. doctors say it is one of the greatest threats to public health in the 20th century, contributing to dia
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. >> they don't want more laws imposed on what is only going to be the law-abiding. they see how little all this has to do with keeping our kids safe and how much it has to do with a two-decade long agenda to just drug out the same old gun ban proposals they've been trying for 10, 20, 30 years and piggy-back them on to this tragedy. >> ifill: president obama says his ideas are common sensory form not punitive action named at gun owners. in a recent interview he even said he scoots skeet at camp david. after skeptics questioned that claim, the white house released a photo over the weekend of him from last august doing just that. of the president is expected to visit other cities in the weeks ahead pressing congress to act and soon. the gun violence debate shifts depending on where you sit, even if you are in law enforcement. our guests are one example. charles ramsey is police commissioner of philadelphia, the nation's fourth largest police department. and bruce hartman is sheriff in the rural community of gilpin county, colorado, the second smallest county in the sta
. >> they don't want more laws imposed on what is only going to be the law-abiding. they see how little all this has to do with keeping our kids safe and how much it has to do with a two-decade long agenda to just drug out the same old gun ban proposals they've been trying for 10, 20, 30 years and piggy-back them on to this tragedy. >> ifill: president obama says his ideas are common sensory form not punitive action named at gun owners. in a recent interview he even said he scoots...
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and ordinary international laws was important and where the laws of war, the use of military force under the laws of war is the exception and not the rule. but that was in the future. and as for today and for an indeterminindeterminate point mg forward i heard a reassertion of a very flawed premise that supports the targeting killing program which is of global war. he said we are still 12 years after the fact at war with al qaeda and undefined, unknown associated forces, and i think that seemed to be very much a continuation of the problem, of a programs that has resulted in thousands of people dead. yes, there were-- there was an outline of narrower standards for targeting individuals. that was important. ity are mains to be seen how the standards are interpreted. he referenced imminence and infeesibility of capture. i don't know is that prior interpretations that i've seen by the justice department of imminence for example, necessarily engenders a great deal of confidence about how those standards will be interpreted. i think the fundamental premise of the program remains. >> brown: da
and ordinary international laws was important and where the laws of war, the use of military force under the laws of war is the exception and not the rule. but that was in the future. and as for today and for an indeterminindeterminate point mg forward i heard a reassertion of a very flawed premise that supports the targeting killing program which is of global war. he said we are still 12 years after the fact at war with al qaeda and undefined, unknown associated forces, and i think that seemed...
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that's my individual responsibility. >> 1986 law requires hospitals to provide care to anyone needing emergency healthcare treatment regardless of ability to pay. the new affordable care act is designed to reduce that most expensive kind of treatment by incentivizing primary and preventive care. because emergency room bills add up fast and certainly not all of those charges incurred by even the best intentions, but uninsured young invincible will or could be paid. >> i work paycheck to paycheck pretty much. >> for young people like georgia curry working jobs that offer no insurance ... >> i don't want to take the risk of not having insurance. >> her salary couldn't withstand the high cost of emergency care big into the marketplace is the preferred position. >> exhale, hands to the matt, stip back, take a bow. >> wooduff: later this week the obama administration is expected to release its first report of how many people of any age have enrolled in the insurance marketplaces so far. the "wall street journal" today pegged that number at fewer than 50,000. >> ifill: as the nation struggle
that's my individual responsibility. >> 1986 law requires hospitals to provide care to anyone needing emergency healthcare treatment regardless of ability to pay. the new affordable care act is designed to reduce that most expensive kind of treatment by incentivizing primary and preventive care. because emergency room bills add up fast and certainly not all of those charges incurred by even the best intentions, but uninsured young invincible will or could be paid. >> i work paycheck...
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said he's willing to negotiate about a broad number of topics, even changes to his beloved health care law. so both sides have staked out positions that are negotiable if in fact, they want to find a resolution. >> rose: mark, it was i think last friday that there was a story the times that the speaker had said he would not allow a default. are we --s where that idea now that the speaker will not allow a default. >> well, you know, the speaker is said tohave said this privately to his colleagues. on the weekend, on the sunday shows he painted himself into much tougher corner by saying that the u.s. was on the road to default and he wasn't willing to rule it out and, you know, i think to pick up on one albert said, a big part of the president's message today was his trying to bat down this idea that either a default is inconceivable or that a default isn't as cot strofk as some people would say it is. he basically made the point that it is everybody t as ruinous as you think it's going to be and he went after people who are trying to argue-- including some republicans-- that we should test
said he's willing to negotiate about a broad number of topics, even changes to his beloved health care law. so both sides have staked out positions that are negotiable if in fact, they want to find a resolution. >> rose: mark, it was i think last friday that there was a story the times that the speaker had said he would not allow a default. are we --s where that idea now that the speaker will not allow a default. >> well, you know, the speaker is said tohave said this privately to...
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outright baned gay sex that was appealed in 1993. >> it was a soviet law. >> ifill: it was a soviet law. so why aren't they making progress in some ways? >> they were making progress and for a -- it became possible, slightly more space, there were underground nightclubs that then became a little bit more open. but overall the society -- if you compare it to five years in prison for homosexuality which was the soviet standard there's been progress. but still, a news anchor was fired for coming out publicly. what you also have which is very important in russia is just heightened activism and a man who found that he couldn't report the news, keep talking about it as though it was happening to someone else, so he came out publicly which is extremely, extremely rare. so there is a new generation that's out there that is trying to speak up more and kind of assert the ability to come out. the. >> ifill: how much would we be paying attention to this in the broader world if it weren't for the olympics and how much of the coming olympics in february is driving the international debate? >> i think
outright baned gay sex that was appealed in 1993. >> it was a soviet law. >> ifill: it was a soviet law. so why aren't they making progress in some ways? >> they were making progress and for a -- it became possible, slightly more space, there were underground nightclubs that then became a little bit more open. but overall the society -- if you compare it to five years in prison for homosexuality which was the soviet standard there's been progress. but still, a news anchor was...
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we had to make that announcement today because we're required by law, a law that applies to the defense department, to inform congress and employees on a certain scheduled. we had to tell them today they are not immediately furloughed, but they are subject to furlough late in the year. and remember, these people are-- most people think of our employees as people who work in the washington beltway or something. they're not. most of them work outside of washington. they repair our ships. they maintain our aircraft. that's who these people are. 44% of them are veterans. and so it's a terrible thing to have to deprive them of some of their income. >> woodruff: how do you choose who would be furloughed? >> it's, unfortunately, going to have to apply to most of our employees except where there is a mission-critical exception. and the reason why it has to apply to most of our employees is that remember, we have to get-- we have sosave $46 billion, and we have to do that in every way that is legally possible. and that doesn't involve shorting the war or the troops that are immediately involved
we had to make that announcement today because we're required by law, a law that applies to the defense department, to inform congress and employees on a certain scheduled. we had to tell them today they are not immediately furloughed, but they are subject to furlough late in the year. and remember, these people are-- most people think of our employees as people who work in the washington beltway or something. they're not. most of them work outside of washington. they repair our ships. they...
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during a strike, whether the employer broke the law during a unionization, andnow the labor board has really gotten very involved in setting rules for employer os on social media, when can employers tell their employees what they can do in social media and what they can't. and basically the effect of today's ruling would nullify a lot of watching what nlb has done over the past year if the supreme court upholds it. >> so what were the problems that the judges in the district court have? >> the judges-- the judges said that the recess, the recess appoint oments by president obama last january were illegal. the president said that the senate was actually out for a break. and that he was allowed to make these recess appointments. the senate said, the republicans in the senate said it was not a real break. that they were continuing to have pro forma sessions and they maintained it was illegal for the president to make these appointments. and today the three judge panel ruled that the president recess appointments during intrasessions were illegal. the court really said today that the pres
during a strike, whether the employer broke the law during a unionization, andnow the labor board has really gotten very involved in setting rules for employer os on social media, when can employers tell their employees what they can do in social media and what they can't. and basically the effect of today's ruling would nullify a lot of watching what nlb has done over the past year if the supreme court upholds it. >> so what were the problems that the judges in the district court have?...
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they have said that's inconsistent with our priv is see laws. and they feel that starting with george w. bush and continuing under obama, the united states has simply got the balance wrong. too much invasion of privacy in the pursuit of security. >> when ask youed about whether they handle their information differently, i would say that no country in the world that i know of and certainly not even the european countries has the kind of really intrusive oversight that we have here. and i support that. nor does anyone have the sort of guarantees and protections against invasion of privacy that we have here. i mean many of these countries and there are exceptions among them aren't nearly as faithful to those ideas as we are. >> ifill: is isn't the only reason we are talking about this now is there seems to have been an invisible line, well, not just that it's been reported, but that we're talking about world leaders. dianne feinstein came out this afternoon and said this is something we should not be doing, which is spying or listening in on what w
they have said that's inconsistent with our priv is see laws. and they feel that starting with george w. bush and continuing under obama, the united states has simply got the balance wrong. too much invasion of privacy in the pursuit of security. >> when ask youed about whether they handle their information differently, i would say that no country in the world that i know of and certainly not even the european countries has the kind of really intrusive oversight that we have here. and i...
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tell me-- by law it has to wait three weeks and then it can go on a a road show to market itself to investors which will be probably truncated. they want to get this over and done with and be a publicly traded company before thanksgiving. >> sreenivasan: zach seward, thanks so much. >> my pleasure. >> woodruff: now, to a different kind of story about the government. every year, the non-profit, non-partisan, partnership for public service honors outstanding achievements by civil servants. this year, of course, that comes amid a government shutdown that's affected hundreds of thousands of those workers. jeffrey brown explains. >> brown: the awards are known as the sammys. the medalist are tara palmore and julie segre who used genome sequences to stop an infection from spreading through hospitals. morris williams brown worked only financial matters in the aftermath of the 2008 crisis, andrew rabbens handles kwraoupblg engagement for state department. daniel madrz wr +*rbgskowski i believe proved firefighting techniques. john mackinnon's forensic work led to the arrest of 55 people arrested for c
tell me-- by law it has to wait three weeks and then it can go on a a road show to market itself to investors which will be probably truncated. they want to get this over and done with and be a publicly traded company before thanksgiving. >> sreenivasan: zach seward, thanks so much. >> my pleasure. >> woodruff: now, to a different kind of story about the government. every year, the non-profit, non-partisan, partnership for public service honors outstanding achievements by...
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draft and if so would she support any able-bodied able aged woman being sent to the front lines by law in a compulsory manner to serve as a infantry woman? >> ifill: you have a few seconds to answer? >> i don't know how this is going to effect the selective service but i do think that with full rights comes full responsibilities. >> ifill: colonel ellen haring and wade zirkle founder of vets for freedom, thank you very much. >> brown: next, trying to make sense of china's economy. a top chinese official told leaders at the davos world economic forum in switzerland this week the country is expecting faster growth this year. if anything, he said, china's trying to stop the economy from overheating too quickly. but some are asking whether china's high-flying growth may be built on questionable assumptions. "newshour" economics correspondent paul solman has our look as, yes, part of his ongoing reporting: "making sense of financial news." >> reporter: china: the juggernaut that's driving a world economic recovery? or a classic bubble about to burst, taking us all down with it? the evidence
draft and if so would she support any able-bodied able aged woman being sent to the front lines by law in a compulsory manner to serve as a infantry woman? >> ifill: you have a few seconds to answer? >> i don't know how this is going to effect the selective service but i do think that with full rights comes full responsibilities. >> ifill: colonel ellen haring and wade zirkle founder of vets for freedom, thank you very much. >> brown: next, trying to make sense of...